I Bought Another $1400 Aliexpress Gaming Pre-Built...
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I bought another gaming pre-built PC from Aliexpress for $1400. How does it compare to the one from 6 months ago?
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It's insane that this system, despite the shipping problems, has been a much better build and price to performance than most "reputable" brands.
Cough cough ALIENWARE
Ipason is a Reputable company here in the Philippines
its better than dell, you can say it
i have a dell prebuilt and can safely say it's a dumpster fire.
I know right,there selling gddr3 gt 710 pc's for 500-700+ dollars.
That dent will lessen that restricted ventilation.
Might even be part of the original design
@@Inevitabledreamss probably
its the air trying to come out that caused it to begin with
Smart, that's why I put holes in my stepfather's car, Better airflow=more go fast..
While benchmarking it the thought popped into my head. Performance PC curb stomping.
all of these PC's are packaged in a way that makes them look like huge amounts of cocaine
My uncle is a border guard, and i tell u, aquarium things, like pellets are mor drug looking
Wha, what do you mean? *sniff*
For the RGB controller, you need a specific combination of buttons to activate software mode of RGB. Had a case that the different light modes were on the reset button and if you hold it for 5 seconds it would go into motherboard control mode.
The descriptions of DHL's handling of the box, but especially "DHL's mild curbstomping", cracked me up almost as much as they cracked up the case. Bravo!
When a chinese Aliexpress prebuilt is way better than established international giants like Dell, HP, Asus and co...
You know it's better when they have dual-channel memory.
Yeah, kinda sad actually
I am always very pleasantly surprised by Aliexpress prebuilts. I love doing videos on them.
But the case is trash
@@DawidDoesTechStuff How do you look for them? How do you know if one might turn out to be a good deal?
As for the lithium battery warning: it's the bios battery.
Basically, when they introduced mandatory warning labels for lithium batteries, that also includes the completely harmless cmos battery.
Kind of silly but there you have it.
I was going to comment exactly that. Most motherboards bought in China come without one so they don't bother with the warning...
kinda suprised that wasn't obvious but then I guess while that's obvious to me most people don't think too much about the cmos battery. Now on to the rest of the video!
well any battery that will go in a airplane must be declared somewhere, so there it is
I thought that was so DHL would skip the knife round...
Yeah, even if a CR2032 exploded not like much would happen. In a PC that tiny bit of fire isn't going anywhere
That's one of the best prebuilts I've seen.
I'd take scratches on the case over a grey psu and green Mobo ant day
I also prefer battle hardened, dent covered pc with good component than Beautiful outside horrible inside alienware
I literally spent a month looking for a prebuilt with dual channel and good psu with mobo. The trade-off was a cpu bottleneck, nothing that can't be upgraded down the line tho.
@@BogdanM116 if you play 1440p the cpuwouldb't be a problem. or a little overclock(temps are good) would be fine for the 3060 to work fully on 1080p
@@wellaname221 Well i have the AMD stock cooler that came with my 3400G, It doesn't go past 70 degrees in 100% at 3.9ghz, i could try to manually oc it to 4.0-4.1. But i could also play at 1440p becuase of my 3060Ti. I'll try the OC tho
You should worry more about performance, not aesthetics.
It’s actually a good thing the gpu came separately because there have been cases where the gpu and it’s port got torn out because of shipping
its a slot not a port
@@reniervandermerwe relax mate. You knew what he meant
@@reniervandermerwe🤓
I love videos of ppl buying things from AliExpress.. the risks... The potential rewards. It's such a rollercoaster.
it has a dent it's still good it's still good🤣
By the battery warning, he ment the CMOS battery.
It is a lithium battery after all.
Yeah, came here to say that too. ALL lithium batteries, even the button cells, are supposed to be declared.
I did think about the cmos battery, but this is the first system I've seen it on.
@@DawidDoesTechStuff It was probably more of a fragile sticker than a actual battery warning...
@@DawidDoesTechStuff If it's being transported by surface routes, it doesn't necessarily HAVE to be declared............but it helps.
"Lithium batteries inside warning"
Poor little cmos battery: Really guys?
Haha!! I even thought to myself "there is no way its for the little cmos battery." 😂
Maybe DHL handles stuff with Lithium battery warnings a bit better than normal stuff.
As someone in shipping trained in hazmat, yes it is a battery that needs to be declared. I even have to declare single lithium aaa batteries on their own now. With the whole phones lighting on fire issue the rules for hazmat shipping changed and unless it is shipped ground it needs to be declared ( also is declared if ground with a sticker stating do not ship air lithium battery enclosed. Both lithium ion and lithium metal are the big 2. A lot of companies aren’t doing it, and they run risks not following it. So yeah. Un 3481 lithium ion batteries contained in equipment is right.
I heard that some overseas companies do not ship their motherboards/systems with the little lithium cells because of the strict rules in place. They just leave it up to the buyer to put one in now when they receive it and set up the BIOS themselves. Could be a real pain in the ass for newbies though, who don't understand about setting up a BIOS.
@@explodatedfaces I noticed that the CR2032 batteries are being used in a lot of things now. My sister likes buying those "electronic" candles for her home and they all seem to have CR2032s' in them. I have actually taken some out while they were still brand new and used them for some CMOS/BIOS chips but it can be hit or miss with there longevity. Even the separate packaged and more expensive ones don't seem to last as long anymore. I remember when they would last for years in a BIOS and even a watch, but now forget it. You are lucky if they make one year and they don't leak besides. Thanks for the info on the shipping rules as I did not know that. Be well!! 👍👍
Ooh, would be fun seeing that comparison to the other pre-built.
That's what they did at the end of the vid
He did..
@@JobeStroud I think he's talking about the Canadian pre-built.
indeed
Yeah! I am also very curious to see that system. It seems like a good deal.
$20 for all that damage? Absurd. 1.4% partial refund! I bought a $400 hybrid bike that had a tiny scratch in the paint in an out of the way place behind the seat that was eventually covered by a saddle bag. The guy said I could either wait for a new bike, or he would put some clear sealant on it, and knock off $80, plus give me a cheap bike computer for free. I jumped at that chance. Effectively 25% off. For a much less annoying cosmetic damage.
The battery warning is a customs thing. The motherboard battery is what they are freaking out about.
god dang that was one meaty 3060, infact, apart from the case, that was one beastly pc
True, that thing was surprisingly good. Didn't even need fans over the part of the case with holes for air. I guess the fans pulled enough from where they were.
So let me get this straight, this is the result of a free 'upgrade' in shipping as they did not trust the AliExpress shipping? good grief, so I take it basic shipping is they just fire it out of a cannon in the vague direction of the purchaser? :)
Cannon? I'm thinking giant elastic band myself. :-)
When he said he got an "upgrade" to DHL, I immediately knew that PC would either be lost or go through a rough character building arc. Glad to see it at least made it to Dawid.
@@d2factotum trebuchet
I was picturing more of an Angry Birds situation.
lmao, imagine them loading the cannon asking, where does this guy live?
Getting an Asus TUF version of a GPU in a prebuild is basically like winning the lotto.
I always felt getting an Asus Strix version of a GPU in a prebuild was winning the lotto.
The TUF version is more like finding a $100 bill: awesome for the moment, but it probably wont last long, and it's spent before you know it, usually right after the warranty ends.
That being said, if a Poseidon Platinum 3080Ti existed, my wallet would probably beat me to death...still rocking the 1080Ti (ATX) and 980Ti (ITX) for now.
@@Agent_Alpha what a steal! Now he should sell the 2080ti for 2k
They just trying to milk as much as they can. After crypto ban in china. They already earned 16 usd a day from that card.
@@AbhishekKumar-op4lp lol spout more fake numbers.
I heard it, when mining was on peak lol. I heard it for 3070. With 60mh/s so I assumed. If a 3060 with 60mh/s would have earned the same.
I actually rlly like that they separated the GPU for shipping. A gpu could get torn off the motherboard, ESPECIALLY a GPU of that size. That’s definitely a massive GPU haha
honestly this ali prebuild is better than any of the big prebuilders in the US they actually use good components im genuinely impressed
Idk the risk is still huge
Yeah long shipping where anything can happen puts me off from buying anything there.
to be fair the case probably cost them less than 20 dollars a piece so the $20 refund makes some sense
Plus shipping another case would be ludicrously expensive.
@@TheNiteNinja19
yup and could also be damaged again
I would not put that thing back in the original case style anyway. Would be a waste of all of the fans and otherwise good cooling solutions.
@@TheNiteNinja19 yeah, the best part is that we can choose the case
Always makes me wonder how much todays cases can be improved with simple tools like a dremel or hand drill. Some cuts here, some holes there might drastically improve cooling performance in some cases. (pun intended) And with modern dynamic boost technologies that should improve gaming and work performance.
Someone should made that a series. "Honey, I fixed your case"
I wanna see the comparison to the Canadian prebuilt!
Same! But what I really want to see is how many upgrades he can get for similar money. I'd love to see him get something like a 5600x with a 3060ti and a 650 watt gold rated power supply from a reputable company.
Agreed even though i'm not canadian :)
maple syrup theme pre built and apology note
I'll predict that the Canadian pre-built has VD on the same level as Dell. Would be interesting to see a comparison between those two.
It will be maple bacon scented
haha I live in Canada and was to lazy to build, and got Canada Computers to build it. Not a single VD lol It was just a fresh Window 10
Oof! Yeah! Itll be interesting to see.
@@HerbertKwan No way! That's awesome. Now I want to check it out more.
A few years ago, I built my own PC and my brother got a pre-built shortly thereafter. Obviously, mine was cleaner than a nun's search history, but my brother's came with dozens of pre-installed programs...all of which were open-source essentials (except for MSI Afterburner and the Nvidia one) such as: Firefox, VLC, OpenOffice, GIMP, ImageGlass, and Audacity (this was before the controversial changes). I was so pleasantly surprised to see only "bloat" that I would have installed for him anyway (sans Audacity due to him having no interest in recording stuff).
i bought a pc from ipason recently and their packaging and hardware was pretty new and updated i think they took this video into consideration for upgrades
hey man it's that pc that you used to use at work with a gpu added on extras wise🤣
Finally I can subscribe. I watch you at work during down time and love the wittiness integrated in a video that brings awareness to people that are less likely to build their own PC. I've been doing my own PC builds since I was 8ish... So it's refreshing to see a more _entertaining_ computer building/purchasing/repair/advice channel. Keep it up!
nothing says premium gaming hardware like roadkill🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'd be interested in seeing the two be combined into the ultimate Ali express system
what about a MR Tapeman interview by Dawid?
I always love seeing you struggle with dubious electronic flimflam; seasoning your episodic videos with salty advice and peppering them with over the top humor. In these grumbling times I look forward to watching your lighthearted puns as much as the 3 Stooges!
Those RGB controllers, in fact many of them, you need to hold one of the buttons on the physical controller down to tell it to use motherboard RGB
Pleasant surprise to get a TUF 3060!
You can normally wire in your reset switch to change the colour modes too.
The motherboard doesn't seem to have 3 or 4 pin rgb ports too though.
@@yoramlim6053 He said he was plugging it to the motherboard so i'm sure if there was no ports he wouldve said so in the video
@@yoramlim6053 Double L then I guess!
@@Eazon_ Well, you can try going to the product page of the motherboard and tell me if you see any.
17:26 "ASUS In Search Of Incredible" Is it just me? That fills me with no confidence at all!
...I fully expect there to be small print saying "still not found it."
nothing says premium gaming hardware like roadkill
Honestly, that's a pretty good build.
I was expecting for horse sh*t, but they actually did a great job, better quality control than the usual system builders, for a nice price.
The only downside is the warranty, but that's a sweet build.
Was funny to see the 4400MHz support of the motherboard, if only Ryzen could benefit from it.
yeah ryzen does not go that high sadly
9:50 if you notice the S stands for " Seizure " they really overwhelmed themselves wow 😂
Wonder if the motherboard is gimping the system somewhat...
Also yes definitely need Canada vs China prebuild death match
No one:
David when he sees little tubes: 5:21
5:51 That's not a seal for the screw, it's just a plastic detachable cap to hold the M.2 in, instead of using a screw, you just have the plastic thing that you put in and take out by hand. These are generally in reslly cheap budget mobo's, for example my friend and I both have the cheapest Gigabyte mobo's with M.2 slots and they have the same thing.
10:22 this plug gave me ptsd when I realized the Mobo I built into my pc the previous day didn’t have support for it. I bout a new mobo and rebuilt lol.
I would love to see you run the local pc through all the tests.
Now move the 3060 to the pink case and that should be a great pc, I wonder how much that airflow was cooking the gpu and slowing it down
I was wondering that.
The 3060 was hovering around 60C so I don't think it was throttling.....
Just say you didn't watch the video🥴🙄
I wonder if the rough shipping could have changed the RGB setting since the controller is pressed up against the back panel?
Should not work without power ;)
The Canada Computers system would be interesting to see. I've never bought a prebuilt from them, but I'm just fascinated by their apparent success, they're the last computer store standing in this country. I was in the southern States a week ago when my mouse died, and there was no place like it at all.
Canada Computer Systems sounds like a retrofuturistic privately owned gov corporation
Hey now memory express still exists as well!
I bought a computer from them a few years ago and had to return it. There were all sorts of problems like not having correct drivers and such and ports not working. I had to go back to the store like 5 times to get things fixed and after 2 weeks I ended up returning it. At least they honor their 14-day return policy. But if I bought it remotely via shipping, I'd be in big trouble.
My system was a "pre-built" built by them. I found their technical staff very bad. But maybe I was just unlucky.
2:39 CMOS batteries are in fact lithium, just non-rechargeable. A motherboard I bought on AliExpress recently had that battery removed for that very reason, but a prebuilt needs it obviously.
For future reference, it says "Section II" batteries which usually refers to small coin cells but can also be certain "dead" batteries.
Always a pleasure watching a dawid upload.
Try to find a cheap $20 case and put all those parts in it and compare the temps for both the $20 case and the damaged aliexpress case
It really is a huge shame it wasn't packaged better. I mean as far as prebuilts go, the assembly and part selection doesn't seem that bad (and big plus for things being standards-conforming parts at least). No pre-installed VD is always nice to see too.
Even the biggest eye-roll (the useless fans) weren't really an issue since it maintained acceptable temps. The cable management looked... kinda good.
5 dollars in better packaging and it would have been a much better experience all around. That and maybe a less err... flashy fan on the radiator.
you know your computers amazing when it's trying to give you a seizure from the light strobing setting🤣
His comments are so funny for no reason at all this man has genuinely good humor
What is it lately with modern cases (for a given definition of 'modern') and no airflow?
I'm hoping in the future AliExpress realizes there's more money and honesty and happy customers then trying not to throw away defective merchandise
he's tickling the AIO again🤣
AliExpress? All I Express is my disappointment that it wasn't worse and more memeable.
As a Canadian I'd be very interested in seeing a review on a canada computers pre-built
a Canadian computer vs an ali express computer it would be the battle of the performance per dollar going on then🤣
The wordsmith is at it again... "I really like the inclusion of these two little packets of air, that will make all the difference". My first comment dawid.. your videos bring serious humor and fun. Thanks for the videos champ ;)
2:36 its coz of the cmos battery on the motherboard.
(I used to work at DHL Express)
Dual channel Ram!
checkmark but no comment/no likes lmao rip
@@potateh1639 rip
"Look!"
Epic opening... 😂
Also swap the gpus and see if the 3060 is a 2060 in disguise...
Only 30 series TUF has shroud like that, 2060 TUF looks way different. Also 3060 is the same performance as 2070 so I'm sure it's just the cpu difference.
@@rafe9852 nVidia: The Intel of GPUs? New gpus, but performance advances?
Yes I think it would be fun to see what the results would be if you swapped the gpu's it could have been a beast of a 2060 and a bad 3060? Maybe the cpu's are the main factor?
At lower resolution faster CPU does matter, because graphics card works less for each frame. Consequently, CPU needs to "prepare" more frames per second, therefore better CPU wins. At higher resolutions GPU needs to work more, so better GPU wins.
I'm really impressed by the microphone you used here. Have been bingewatching some of your Prebuild PC reviews for 2-3 hours now and this one has an excellent sound quality I thought. First time I checked a sponsor out because I actually liked their product
it's in manderin and I cannot read manderin so I'm going to plug it in and hope nothing explodes turn computer on and it goes into melt down🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dawid, I realize this is an old video, but you can hold down the reset button (if the reset switch is plugged into that RGB controller) it will switch to software control. then you'll be in business. most RGB systems have the reset switch configured to switch from the controller hardware to software control. If you still can't use the Asus software, see if you can download software made by the RGB fans e.g. thermal-take etc.
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I would love to see a Canadian pre-build. Especially since I've never seen Canadian workmanship before so this would be kinda fun to see.
Id love to see the Canadian prebuilt vs the Ali Express, but keep the prices similar. I'd love to see if you could get a 5600x with a 3060ti for similar money as the Ali Express system cost you in the end after shipping and import taxes and all that.
Well, it's 6 months later, and I got a Cyberpower PC with a Ryzen 5 5600G and a 3060 (no ti) 2 8gb sticks of RAM for $1430. CPU does get a little hot while gaming (82°C), and I'm looking into how I'm going to handle that now. Bought in store from BestBuy.
I used a Canada Computers pre-built for like 5 years. Little did I know that they never took the plastic film off of the AIO and the thermal paste was slathered on like icing on a cake... but it ran pretty well!
It's pretty bad when you have to get your system shipped in an Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus just to avoid it being damaged by DHL. This is why most of the items shipped by them that I have gotten have been things like NICs, Wi-Fi adapters, etc.
Ipason is a legit company.
Have bought various adapters, cables and plugs from them over the years in our country's online shopping apps. And they all work nicely to this day.
Haven't tried their hardware though, but for a prebuilt their prices seem reasonable and specd nicely in the prebuilt pc space
I think that it would be fun to see what happens if you swap the graphics cards with those two systems. I have a hard time believing that the AMD processor is holding back the performance that much but would be interesting to see.
yeah a 3600 should perform better unless the system is running windows 11 as that's a piggy os the eats up system powa
Welcome to 2021 where your graphics card has about as much VRAM as your PC has RAM. But i was surprised that the little CPU cooler with its small surface radiator performed that good. How noisy was it? Also i think $20 is just what they had spend on the case. 👍 for the pre-build comparison
Tbh i think they didnt wanted to send a new case because they dont know if the person has some knowledge about pcs and is able to swap everything in the new case
he complain more on case than his RAM 2666mhz 😄😄😄
Would love to make video about it like you did.
I buy so much from Ali-Express 🙄
Yes you do. I love when my TH-cam subscription streams cross each other...
Do you get good stuff also? I'm afraid to order from Ali-Express.
@@iamatlantis1 I got my stuff in 2 weeks. Ordered 3 stuff now. but im still waiting on 1 which might take till 2 weeks from now
_it didn't explode immediately_
good, im not alone. Had a couple dozens of these moments for the past month building a pc the first time in almost a decade. and rebuilt it another twenty times lol
I believe this fans on the top of the case - the case get a holes for air above the the power button and the same holes in the back (they are blue colored or something like it), so i suppose this is how it must work.
Is this the most functional pre built you got? Honestly, switch out the case and you have a near perfect prebuilt
aliexpress is da best. best my pc from there xD.
Except it wasn't prebuilt lmao
Dawid, you know we love to watch you with pre-builts, its less a question than a tease at this point
they put tire treads so you know you can run the gpu over with your car or truck and it will be fine afterwards🤣
The fact they didn’t replace the system with that damage is completely damning for Ali Express and Ipson.
The ring that is holding the m2 ssd down is not protecting any screw inside. This ring is the "screw" itself. Just insert finger into hole and pull up to release the ssd, no screwdrivers needed. Asus has this on some of their motherboards for a few years now.
This man never fails to make me laugh ever single video i watch. This video it was “thermal paste bukkake”
I admit I buy a number of parts from Canada Computers, but never a whole system. It never made sense because it's cheaper to build myself. That said, it would be interesting to see how their builds stack up against AliExpress. It's annoying that's the only way to get a GPU, so even Canada Computers is shady in that regard
well the cmos battery is a lithium ion battery which is why the warnings they now use them for cmos battery's now days in motherboards
Those front 3 fans doing some experimental choking
At 9:29, "warranty void if removed" label is meant for the Cooler Master fans that are installed in the case, so basically if you remove that label, the warranty for the fan is void.
I only realized that the seller was ipason. They do have a physical store in my country, a lot of people do recommend them if you're buying pre builds. Overall I think they have a decent reputation.
that part in the intro when Dawid is about to touch the CPU water cooling block fizzled my brain when it crackled then cut
When dawid was playing with the tiny AIO pipes it made me burst out laughing 🤣
I miss these AliExpress gaming PC reviews 😊
This deserve an "Better than dell" award please thanks
while their packaging was terrible, upgrading your shipping to DHL and the seemingly quick response with that $20 compensation for the damage seemed like adequate recompense.
It's the CMOS battery. After the exploding phones they made all lithium batteries to need a warning label, although lithium coin cells have been out for more than 30 years without exploding
Selecting "PC Components" in Aura vs "Devices" will allow you to software control those RGB fans.
Illegal underground prebuilt fights should definitely be a thing.
Fun fact DHL stands for Drunken Hobo League as they kick the package to your house.
Oh no Mr.Tapeman asked for more money, and got canned! Way to go Dawid. He watched your video and got a big head. Now he's living in a box down by the river.
Oh no, I ruined Mr Tapeman's life. 😢
"Look! Mr. Tape man still has their job!" Ok I literally laughed out loud at that bit. Glad TH-cam brought me here today.
Need to manually specify the ARGB LED count in Aura, then hold down the mode button on the button box to swap to software control.
I suspect that RTX 3060 could be a mining card but I have no way to prove it.
Reminds me the scene from Ace Venture when he disguise's himself as a delivery man and just beats the crap out of the package
Why is whole tech TH-cam addicted to buying prebuilts all of a sudden?
I can write on the back of a stamp what I know about gaming, computers etc, but I love your channel and content 😂 Thanks 👌🏻
'Thermal Paste Bukkake' LOL ... dude.. my drink went through my nose !
the "bacteria joke " is a very good one^^
The Board is a 20$ Board....The ram cost 90$, the ssd 50$ the case may 50$ the psu 60$....the video is not finish yes, so i hope its at least a 3070!
Edit: you get 100fps in Tombrider on high settings....my 1080 on ultra settings beat it!
@10:39 for Dawid, that's actually simplified chinese, and on that it says SIGNAL CONNECTOR
It may have had issues, but it still should get it's deserved "Better than a Dell" medal.
Really enjoyed the video, mate! Going to see your Aliexpress vs local prebuilt video next!
"Nothing says Premium Gaming hardware like roadkill."
Man, that freaking had me laughing.
why?
@@orkhepaj I...I think it's called a...um...sense of humor. To each their own. I just have a wider palette for humor.
@@orkhepaj Bro really just said why does someone have a sense of humor 💀
I bought over 50+ items on aliexpress (mostly little or medium sized items) and most of them arrived within 2 weeks. Some of them took 3 weeks to arrive, and some took only 7-10 days to arrive !
Hello good sir, the purpose of the tape upon the outside of the box is to conceal its contents as there is indications on the box itself.
2:35 at least there is one little tiny battery cell on the Mainboard, but apart from that, no batteries should be included, unless there are remote controls, so this sign makes a little bit of sense
I got mine from Micro Center for 1300$ on sale for black friday ,, has a rtx3060, amd ryzen 5 5600x, 16gb of ram and etc,,. I was gonna build one in the beginning but i saw this and couldnt resist